What We Do

Cobec Consulting is your solution.

Our mission is to deliver accurate, comprehensive, and defensible solutions that enable programs to make smart, informed decisions.

We are an energetic and innovative management consulting company that employs a variety of disciplines, methods, and tools to partner with our clients, helping them to shape the future success of their organizations—all at an exceptional value.

Client Impact

As budgets decrease, programs continue to overrun and deliver late.

In the past 25 years, dozens of major Federal programs have been cancelled due to projected costs more than doubling, costing $100B+.

But others have successfully resolved their challenges.

National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

Project completed ahead of schedule, under budget
$76M project, approximately $5.6M under budget
Completed 11 months ahead of schedule

Virginia-class Attack Submarine

USS New Hampshire commissioned eight months early and $54 million under budget
USS New Mexico delivered four months early, having required a million fewer work hours
USS Mississippi commissioned a year ahead of schedule and $60 million under budget

Pentagon Repair (Phoenix Project)

First tenants return to their offices 28 days before the Sep 11, 2002 goal
$700M project completed $150M under budget

The Common Threads for Success

Appropriately structured and comprehensive performance-based acquisition and procurement strategy and execution
Robust, repeatable, and defensible cost, schedule, and risk analysis, validated independently
In-depth risk identification, analysis, management, and mitigation
Proactive program and project management best practices to include performance monitoring and reporting throughout the lifecycle
Sound and detailed systems engineering to address technical, schedule, and cost scope and risk

Organizations need to have the capabilities, expertise, and the tools to increase the likelihood of success.

Capabilities

Cobec provides superior service and support throughout the Acquisition Life Cycle Phases from Concept & Design Development through Production & Solution Implementation, and Operations & Sustainment.

Acquisition Planning & Support

Acquisition & Procurement Support

Acquisition Strategy
Requirements and RFP Development and Support
Source Selection Evaluation Support
Contract Negotiation Support

Life Cycle Cost Estimation & Analysis

Program Office Estimates
Independent Government Cost Estimate (IGCE) Development Support
Software Estimation and Analysis
Integrated Cost/Schedule/Risk Analysis

Financial & Economic Analysis

Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA)
Investment Analysis
Business Case Development, Analysis, and Evaluation
Benefits and ROI Estimation and Analysis
Shortfall Analysis
Trade Off and Sensitivity Analysis
Analysis of Alternatives

Program Management

Program & Budget Formulation, Execution, Analysis, and Reporting

Program Management Support

Project Controls & Performance Monitoring

Schedule Development and Analysis
Earned Value Management
Integrated Baseline Review Support and Training
Post Implementation Review (PIR)

Policy Development & Analysis

Training Development & Implementation

Systems Engineering

CONOPS Development & Analysis

Operations Research
Site Survey Analysis
Shortfall Analysis
Concept of Operations Document Development
Analysis of Prototype Findings

Requirements Development & Analysis

Requirements Management Planning
Development and Review of Requirements
Requirements Change and Configuration Management Integration

Software Engineering

Software Architecture and Standards Analysis
Enterprise Architecture Compliance
Software Development Process Definition, analysis, and measurement
Quality Analysis
Legacy Software Analysis and sustainability analysis
Operations Data Warehouse Development

System Development Tracking & Analysis

Solution Implementation Performance Management
Performance Indicators Reporting
Software Quality Assurance Tracking
Defect Forecasting and Vulnerability Analysis
Risk Management Integration

Enablers

Innovations

Data Visualization
FlightSync Airspace Analysis & Visualization
Custom Algorithm Development

Applied Data
Science Solutions

Big Data
Data Analysis, Interpretation, and Visualization
Machine Learning & Predictive Analytics
Operations Research
Cost Research and Analysis

Tools, Methods, and Models

Software development:
Tableau / R, Shiny, Python, Java, JavaScript, SQL,
Cost estimation/analysis:
Cobec Cost Model, SEER-Suite, TruePlanning, ACEIT
Schedule development/analysis:
Primavera P6, MS Project, Steelray
Earned Value Engines and Reporting Tools
Microsoft Office Suite
Function Point Analysis
Data Mining/Classification
Cluster Analysis
Data Base Development

Innovations

Innovation ensures we stay in the forefront of data analysis, interpretation, and visualization to continuously enhance our capabilities and solutions. Our Innovation Center is an arena within Cobec where new technologies, capabilities and initiatives are tested, designed and developed.

Dashboard

Cobec’s Program Dashboard merges data from multiple disparate systems and locations into an interactive visualization. Through the Innovation Center, Cobec began to consolidate program specific data into an NAS Enterprise Database (another Cobec Innovation Center product), as well as applied automated Quality Control processes to ensure data integrity when developing Program Dashboards. These Program Dashboards allow our customers access to quality data, real-time, in custom user-defined interfaces to aid in complex decision making.

An example of a Program Dashboard is our Terminal Automation Modernization Replacement (TAMR) Program Dashboard. This dashboard displays real-time schedule information regarding the installation of terminal automation equipment across the United States and Alaska. When an installation is delayed, waterfall impacts can be assessed immediately and the Program Manager is able to make a decision to minimize the impacts and ensure the program continues to deploy successfully. It also provides automated reports of site status, configurations, operational software baseline, point of contacts, and a variety of other useful information to aid the decision making process.

FlightSync

FlightSync is a suite of tools and capabilities developed by Cobec to assess airspace, airport and flight performance. FlightSync models Terminal, En-route (ARTCCs) and Oceanic Environments. All of these tools and capabilities aid in better analyzing and understanding National Airspace System (NAS) behaviors. FlightSync offers the ability to visually analyze specific behavior and establish the relationship and context between NAS elements. Cobec developed FlightSync to help our clients articulate current and future NAS behaviors and operational value.